More than two thousand years ago, the west of the Hexi Corridor was not the desolate Gobi Desert as it is now. At that time, Hexi was full of water and grass, rich and beautiful, and there were many ancient countries.

Among them is a country named Loulan.

On the bank of Loulan, an ancient river runs thousands of miles. This ancient river is called Shule River.

The Shule River originates from the Qilian Mountains and is one of the four major river systems in the Qilian Mountains. More than 2,000 years ago, there was a specialty product in the river called Shule kerosene. This is an oil very similar to petroleum crude oil. Whenever the Shule River is in the dry season,

Nests of kerosene can often be excavated under the sand of the river bed. The output is not very large. No one knows the composition of this kerosene. During the Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, a merchant traveling to the west introduced this kerosene for the first time.

The name of the oil was written on his handwritten notes when he brought it back to the Central Plains. The locals believed that this kind of kerosene was actually the lamp oil in the house of the mountain god in the Qilian Mountains, because the Shule River often changed its course in the Qilian Mountains and occasionally washed away the house of the mountain god.

, brought this kind of kerosene to Loulan Kingdom.

So, what is the use of this kind of kerosene?

At that time, Loulan made it into a war weapon. Once it was ignited, it would not be extinguished by wind blowing or splashing water. The oil tank would smash into the enemy and explode. The splashing fire oil would immediately turn a large circle of surrounding enemies into torches.

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However, later an alchemist from the Central Plains went to the Western Regions and used this kind of kerosene as a material for alchemy. He accidentally discovered that if the ashes in the alchemy furnace were mixed with this kind of kerosene, it would form something similar to asphalt.

This kind of thing has a very good load-bearing capacity, cannot be soaked by water at all, and is extremely flexible...

After some princes in the Central Plains heard about this thing, they began to smuggle it from Loulan on a large scale. However, when Shule kerosene came to the Central Plains, it was not used in wars because the quantity was too scarce.

For the Thirty-Six Kingdoms of the Western Regions, it can still be used to fight like a child playing house, but for the large-scale wars of the Central Plains Dynasty.

Therefore, Shule kerosene became a mechanism in the tomb.

Some craftsmen mixed Shule kerosene and furnace ashes together to make a thin piece like woven cloth, which was euphemistically called "Hexi cloth". This kind of thing was often used as the ceiling of the tomb.

To use it, a layer of "Hexi cloth" with a thickness of no more than ten centimeters was applied to the top of the tomb. From then on, the tomb would not be flooded by flash floods. Even if half of the mountain fell down, it would not collapse at all. At most, the top of the tomb would be crushed in the middle.

It's just concave...

Moreover, this thing has a huge advantage as a ceiling for ancient tombs, it is flammable!

Extremely flammable!

This kind of flammable material is not as flammable as white phosphorus that ignites when exposed to air. It is afraid of friction. If you rub it a few times, it will take a long time for the heat to dissipate. If you accidentally shovel a shovel into it while robbing a tomb, it will burn immediately.

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Fortunately, there are very few ancient tombs that can be used for "Hexi cloth". It was a flash in the pan during the Eastern and Western Han Dynasties. It would be good to encounter it once in a hundred Han tombs. After the collapse of the Han Dynasty, the Central Plains fell into war, and once again

The connection with the Western Regions was already in the Tang Dynasty, by which time this kind of Shule kerosene had long disappeared!

Now I extremely suspect that we have encountered this kind of "Hexi cloth" cap, but I don't know how the last heavenly official got this thing!

“After all, it’s better to burn it!”

Lao Bai said nonchalantly: "Is it possible that it can still burn under the water?"

"It's more dangerous underwater!"

I glanced at him sideways. The reason why "Hexi cloth" is scary is because it completely violates the principles of physics.

Gasoline can burn in water because it is lighter than water and can float on the water.

But this kind of Shule kerosene is so arrogant and unreasonable that even if there is no oxygen under water, as long as it is heated, it will burn immediately. Once it burns, the entire "Hexi cloth" will melt and turn into flaming oil flowers.

It was floating all over the pond. At that time, our brothers were yelling at each other every day, and the ground was not working properly, so they all had to be stewed into oily chicken in one pot!!

There is no way to break open this Hexi cloth. It can melt in wine.

This is also thanks to Cao Cao's command of Faqiu Zhonglang. He dug up a large tomb from the Han Dynasty, and the top of the tomb was sealed with this Hexi cloth. This man's eyes were very poisonous, and he could see what was going on at a glance and stopped him.

His men used brute force to break it open, and with their unique experimental spirit, they squatted in front of the tomb and did experiments whenever they had nothing to do. Various things were used to see if they could dissolve the Hexi cloth. After trying countless times, his wine accidentally poured into Hexi.

On the cloth, there is a clue...

I was looking for alcohol to use this method. This is also the only way to crack the Hexi cloth at present. If you don’t want to make braised chicken, you can only do it like this. Although it is in water, once the alcohol is poured in, there will be some ingredients that can come into contact with the spaghetti.

Leather oil.

How high is the alcohol content of wine in ancient times? The alcohol content is too low. It’s so scary to drink a big jar of it and drink it. I’ll give it a try. If you can still keep pretending, I’ll give it a try.

Cut it off and use it as a bench for you to sit on!

I don’t believe that if a large bottle of alcohol is poured down, it will be diluted immediately. The alcohol content in a short period of time is higher than that of ancient turbid wine!

Unfortunately, we didn’t carry much alcohol with us. Several of us rummaged through our backpacks, but in the end we found less than one bottle, at most 500 milliliters.

The amount was too small, and I wasn't sure whether it would be enough to break the "Hexi cloth".

"I'm telling you, we worked our butts off to get here. If we really go back home, I'll be the first to fight with you!"

Brother Yaozi's eyes turned red and he radiated all his anger on Lao Bai: "I remember clearly that when I left, I brought several bottles of alcohol with me. They were as loose as a rag bag. The capacity was too large. If I couldn't keep it all, it was not original.

Already?

Lao Bai was afraid that others would mention this, so he immediately jumped back and muttered to himself: "Wouldn't it be better not to be able to walk on? This bird tomb has no gold or silver, it's all big rice dumplings, and I've spent eighteen lifetimes of blood in this pit."

It's moldy. It's gone now. Even the disinfectant alcohol is gone. If there is a bump, I'm just waiting for infection!"

The two men looked at each other in disbelief and almost started fighting. In the end, it was my master who separated them.

"You said you two had some friendship in the past, but are you so incompatible with each other?"

My master sighed and said helplessly: "For such a small thing, if you should let it go, let it go!"

"This is not a big or small issue, it's a character issue!"

Brother Yaozi sneered and said: "You can't get through this hurdle. Once you get out of this door, I will definitely kill this grandson if I find a chance..."

The two of them started to quarrel again.

However, this time I got a general idea. It turns out that the two of them were good friends at the beginning, but each of them was in trouble, and in the end they couldn't even urinate in the same pot. The reason seemed to be a very valuable item.

Antiques, Lao Bai loves to kill familiar people, so he cheated Brother Yaozi, and Brother Yaozi was also angry. He arrived at the door of Lao Bai's house in the dark in the middle of the night. He almost suffered a hemiplegia from Lao Bai with a sap. He suffered a concussion and was hospitalized for a long time...

After that, the two of them began to fight endlessly. The quarrel was already considered good. If my master hadn't been here, they might not have been able to fight each other...

"Enough!"

Finally, my master also became angry. When his face darkened, Brother Yaozi and Lao Bai became silent at the same time. My master squinted his eyes slightly and glanced at these two people, and said slowly: "Who am I?"

You know, this matter is related to the lives of Jingzhe and Xinya, whoever makes trouble, don't blame me for falling out!"

His voice was not high, but Lao Bai and Brother Yaozi were so frightened that they couldn't say a word.

"Let's think about luring those water scorpions out first. This will also make it easier for Jingzhe to dive into the water and break open the so-called 'Hexi cloth'."

When my master saw that these two people had calmed down, his expression finally softened a little, and he looked like Lao Bai with a half-smile but not a smile: "Take out that thing? No matter how powerful the water scorpions are, they are still insects after all, and you can only do this."

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"What is it!"

Lao Bai immediately became nervous and said with some trepidation: "What are you talking about? If I have the ability to deal with this thing, will I be tortured so miserably?"

My master stared at him for a while and then said four words: "Black Miao Gu King!"

"Oh my God, you have that thing in your hand?"

Brother Yaozi's face changed drastically, and he lost his voice and said: "You are not the liar that Hei Miao is chasing all over the world these days, right? Darling, why did you agree so quickly this time? You almost came here in a hurry.

Bian, Hezhu, you are here to take refuge!"

Lao Bai smiled and said nothing.

Brother Yaozi has always been keen on exposing old people's lies. There is no danger at the moment. In addition, there is really nothing we can do unless we deal with the water scorpions under the water. Brother Yaozi just chatted with us.

A mysterious case happened in the industry recently!

It is no secret that the Miao people are good at cultivating voodoo. Ordinary people also know what it is. But when it comes to cultivating voodoo, the most powerful ones are probably the black ones among the Miao people.

Hei Miao is the most mysterious. Not only can he raise voodoo, but he is also good at witchcraft. I heard my dad say that if you meet a man with Hei Miao on the road, don’t look into their eyes. If you are lucky, these people will disappear quietly.

I've had luck with you, it's amazing.

As for the most powerful Gu, it is the Gu King in the hands of the Black Miao Chieftain today!

There has always been a folk saying of nine dogs and one mastiff, which means that nine puppies are born in a litter, and they are thrown together without food or water. The one that survives by stepping on the bones of brothers and sisters is the mastiff. The so-called Gu King is almost cultivated in this way.

, but it is much more difficult than the mastiff. There is a saying that one king out of ten thousand voodoos, that is, only one who has swallowed ten thousand voodoos can become the king of voodoos. This is only possible!

In today's Miao territory, only the Black Miao chieftain has such a Gu King. It is precisely because of this Gu King that this chieftain has become a figure that no one dares to mess with.

This chieftain is a female, and she is already half a century old this year. She has been contaminated with too many toxins due to cultivating poison, and her face is covered with pustules, which makes her extremely ugly. It is precisely because of this appearance that although she is invincible, her private life is still very lonely.

Half a year ago, a strange person appeared in the southwest Miao village. He was a very handsome young man.

Why do you say he is strange?

He went to the southwest to experience walking marriage, but instead of going to the Mosuo people, he went to the Hei Miao people to get married. This is not the custom of the Hei Miao people at all.

Not only did I make this mistake, but I also crawled into the room of Aunt Heimiao Tusi in the middle of the night!!

The aunt has been alone in her empty boudoir for decades. When she saw the handsome young man, she was so furious... She really let this man go away in this marriage!

This is not a weird thing, but what’s even weirder is the young man’s waist and backache which he suffered from all night long. After all, it’s no wonder that he can absorb dirt while sitting on the ground at fifty. Unexpectedly, this young man is actually addicted. The next day he is holding a flower ring.

Kneel down at the gate of the village and propose to the chieftain aunt!!!
To be continued...